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60th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005
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Stage 19 - Friday, September 16: San Martin de Valdeiglesias-Alcobendas, 142.9 km
Haussler prevails on the 'day of the breakaways'
Heras closer to his fourth crown
By Hernan Alvarez Macias in Alcobendas
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Australian born German Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) achieved a great victory today, winning stage 19 of the Vuelta a España in Alcobendas. Haussler won a four man long, uphill sprint, beating Martin Elmiger (Phonak) and David Latasa (Comunidad Valenciana). Roberto Heras (Liberty-Würth) had a calm stage and he is just two days away from his fourth overall win in the Vuelta. Heras will certainly break the record, as no-one has won the Spanish tour four times.
"It was a really long day," said Haussler at the post-race press conference. "Because I was trying to get away from kilometre one from the group... And after, I knew when I was in a group of five or six riders that I had a really good chance to win the stage and so I did." He explained this is his first win of the year, and also his first win as a professional.
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Third placed Latasa was exhausted, told Cyclingnews on the line, "I think we were the best team. We were a very combative team; we were in the majority in most of the breakaways. The team Comunidad Valenciana should be very proud of the Vuelta it did." About the finale, he said, "I thought I could finish the stage well, I know the finish was uphill and I tried to push it in the sprint. We were coming fast; I decided to wait and I was short by just a little bit."
Juan Fuentes (Lampre) ended fourth. The other 'Aussie' in the break told Cyclingnews, "The fourth place means little to me. It's clear in this Vuelta people go really so very fast, and today wasn't an exception."
How it unfolded
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Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Phonak), Christophe Kern (Bouygues Telecom), Matej Jurco (Domina Vacanze) and Euskaltel's leader Aitor Gonzalez all abandoned the race yesterday, meaning that there were still 129 riders left in the race at the start in San Martin de Valdeiglesias.
The first real attack in the race was made by Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval), Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears), Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) and Linus Gerdemann (CSC) who got a gap of 2'26 over the peloton at km 18. But behind them, a big chase group formed with Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Koos Moerenhout, Leon Van Bon, Gert Steegmans (Davitamon-Lotto), Jose Miguel Elias Jorge Garcia (Relax), Martin Elmiger (Phonak), Mauro Gerosa (Liquigas), Bingen Fernandez (Cofidis), Javier Pascual Rodriguez and David Latasa (Comunidad Valenciana), Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile), Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner), Juan Manuel Fuentes (Lampre), Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval), José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Illes Balears), Alberto Ongarato and Fabio Baldato (Fassa Bortolo), and Frédéric Finot (Française des Jeux), who were riding less than a minute behind the leaders.
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The foursome increased their advantage up to 9'25 over the peloton at the second intermediate sprint of Las Navas del Marques (km 41.3), while they were caught by Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) from the chase group. The rest of the chase hovered at 2'00, but couldn't close the gap to the leaders. At km 53, David Cañada (Saunier Duval) abandoned the competition due to a heart problem.
After 72 km, the five leaders were chased by Jose Elias (Relax Fuenlabrada) and Gert Steegmans (Davitamon-Lotto) at 1'55, while the rest of the big group was at 2'40 and the peloton at 12'16, not caring about any of the leaders, who were no threat to the general classification. The stage saw many changes. The five leaders kept their pace, even though there were some misunderstandings among them. Steegmans and Elias were eventually joined by Elmiger, Haussler, Latasa, and Fuentes.
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At km 106 (36 km to go), Pablo Lastras, Linus Gerdemann and Adolfo Garcia Quesada attacked the other two leaders and got an advantage. A few kilometres later, "Fito" Garcia Quesada put in a surge that enabled him to leave Lastras and Gerdemann behind.
With 15 km to go, Fito was just 6 seconds ahead of his chasers: Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears), David Latasa (Comunidad Valenciana), Juan Fuentes (Lampre), Linus Gerdemann (CSC), Martin Elmiger (Phonak) and Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner). Two kilometres later, the leaders were just four: Elmiger, Lastras, Fuentes and Haussler. This was the final, decisive breakaway.
Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval) made a big effort to catch the quartet in the closing kilometres, without success. The four maintained the difference over Zaballa. Fuentes attacked with just over one kilometre to go, but was marked by Haussler, and then Elmiger. Haussler dropped to the back of the group and was able to react quickly when Latasa jumped at 200m to go, before being passed by Elmiger and then Haussler up the middle for Gerolsteiner's first stage win in the Vuelta.
Stage 20 - September 17: Guadalajara-Alcala de Henares, 38.9 km
Tomorrow's stage is a long individual time trial between Guadalajara and Alcala de Henares. The course is very flat and it has reference points: Torrejon del Rey (680 m, km 19), Valdeavero (670 m, km 20.5) and Camarma de Esteruelas (610 m, km 30.4). Denis Menchov (Rabobank) would have a chance to cut the advantage Roberto Heras has over him. The Liberty leader has a big buffer, but will take the stage seriously in order to do a decent time that enables him to raise his arms in Madrid on Sunday.
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- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) concentrates for another day
- Haussler and Elmiger on the front of the break
- Haussler (L) gets his wheel in front of Elmiger's
- Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) is kissed on the podium
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- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) exits sign on
- Roberto Heras with Pablo Lastras at the start
- The Vuelta's general director, Victor Cordero ('R) presenting "Stories of the Rainbow" with the book's author Juan Carlos Molero, technical director Abraham Olano and Fernando Escartin
- Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears) is very popular around here
- Cutting the ribbon to start stage 19
- Doing the donkey work
- Lastras and Zaballa lead the first break of the day
- Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile) tows the big break away from the peloton
- Jimmy Casper (Cofidis) looking for the peloton en route to El Escorial
- Michele Scarponi (Liberty Seguros) forcing the pace
- The peloton climbing
- Martin Elmiger (Phonak) gets some distance on a descent
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) talks on the Bat-phone
- Heras and Sastre in the peloton
- The peloton descends during stage 19
- Heras protected by his teammates
- Liberty Seguros doing a great job again for Heras
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) stays behind a teammate
- Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears) on the front of the break
- Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears) and Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel) work in the break
- Gert Steegmans (Davitamon-Lotto) bringing up the rear
- Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) goes for it alone
- Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) wins the sprint in Alcobendas. David Latasa does not.
- Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) is happy
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) lookin' good
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) checks out his flowers
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) likes the fishes on the points jersey
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval) now can't lose the mountains jersey
Images by Hernan Alvarez/Cyclingnews.com
- David Latasa was part of the always aggressive Comunidad Valenciana push
- Fourth placed Juan Fuentes (Lampre)
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) pulls on the golden jersey one more time
- Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) at the post-race press conference
Results
1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.20.26 (42.78 km/h) 2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 0.10 5 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.30 6 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.43 7 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 0.45 8 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 0.50 9 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.54 10 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.16 11 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 12 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 13 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 15 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 16 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 18 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 2.20 19 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2.26 20 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.31 21 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7.39 22 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.31 23 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 24 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 15.23 25 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 26 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 15.25 27 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 28 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 29 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 30 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 31 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 32 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 34 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 35 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 36 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 37 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 38 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 39 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 40 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 41 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 42 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 43 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 44 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 45 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 46 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 47 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 48 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 49 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 50 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 51 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 52 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 53 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 54 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 55 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 56 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 57 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 58 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 59 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 60 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 61 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 62 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 64 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 65 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 66 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 67 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 68 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 70 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 71 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 72 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 73 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 74 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 75 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 76 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 77 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 78 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 79 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 81 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 82 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 83 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 84 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 85 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 86 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 87 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 88 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 89 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 90 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 91 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 92 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 93 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 94 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 95 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 96 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 97 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 98 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 99 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 100 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 101 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 102 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 103 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 104 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 105 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 106 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 107 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 108 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 109 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 112 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 113 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 114 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 115 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 116 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 117 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 118 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 119 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 120 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 121 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 122 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 123 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 124 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 125 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 126 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 15.59 127 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 16.21 128 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 16.55 DNF David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir Points 1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 pts 2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 3 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 16 4 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 14 5 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 6 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10 7 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 9 8 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 8 9 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 10 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 11 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 5 12 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 13 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3 14 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2 15 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 1 Mountains Alto de Santa María - Cat. 2, km 52 1 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 3 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 3 5 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 6 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1 Alto de Robledondo - Cat. 3, km 62 1 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 pts 2 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 2 4 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Sprints El Hoyo de Pinares, km 20,5 1 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 pts 2 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 3 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Las Navas del Marqués, km 41,3 1 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 pts 2 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Colmenar Viejo, km 114,7 1 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 pts 2 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 3 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 1 Teams 1 Comunidad Valenciana 10.11.13 2 Davitamon - Lotto 5.22 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.16 4 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 8.29 5 Relax Fuenlabrada 8.31 6 Fassa Bortolo 10.17 7 Team Gerolsteiner 20.53 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 20.55 9 Lampre - Caffita 21.05 10 Team CSC 21.45 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 21.49 12 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 23.09 13 T- Mobile Team 23.11 14 Liquigas - Bianchi 15 La Francaise Des Jeux 31.26 16 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 36.20 17 Rabobank 18 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 Quick Step - Innergetic 20 Domina Vacanze 21 Credit Agricole 22 Bouygues Telecom General classification after stage 19 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 78.06.39 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4.30 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 4.50 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.48 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6.22 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 11.13 7 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11.36 8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 15.28 9 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 15.50 10 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 15.53 11 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.20 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 29.32 13 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 32.32 14 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 32.46 15 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32.55 16 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 32.57 17 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 33.26 18 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 34.11 19 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36.26 20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 38.33 21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 38.58 22 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43.57 23 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 46.45 24 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 47.31 25 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 48.35 26 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 49.59 27 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 50.20 28 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 51.21 29 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 56.51 30 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.03.33 31 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.06.08 32 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 1.11.04 33 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.11.44 34 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.12.34 35 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.12.56 36 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.12.57 37 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.20.09 38 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.20.21 39 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.24.34 40 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.24.46 41 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.24.49 42 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.25.06 43 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.27.10 44 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.28.46 45 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.29.11 46 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.29.27 47 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.30.51 48 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.32.04 49 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.33.56 50 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 1.36.39 51 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.37.53 52 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.39.10 53 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.40.40 54 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.42.05 55 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1.43.51 56 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 1.44.50 57 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.45.51 58 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1.47.24 59 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.47.36 60 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.50.00 61 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.50.13 62 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.55.37 63 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.58.23 64 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.59.12 65 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.03.59 66 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.04.09 67 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 2.05.48 68 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2.08.39 69 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.08.52 70 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.09.02 71 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.09.57 72 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.11.49 73 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.18.26 74 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 2.19.09 75 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.20.45 76 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.23.21 77 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.23.41 78 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.24.06 79 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.25.32 80 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.30.24 81 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.32.30 82 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.33.28 83 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2.34.15 84 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.36.13 85 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.38.45 86 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.39.37 87 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.39.53 88 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.40.49 89 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 2.42.17 90 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.44.09 91 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2.44.19 92 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.45.39 93 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.47.57 94 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.48.40 95 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.51.25 96 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2.51.43 97 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.52.58 98 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.58.53 99 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 2.59.28 100 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.00.11 101 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.00.15 102 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 3.00.25 103 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.01.39 104 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.03.02 105 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.03.48 106 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 3.05.14 107 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 3.06.19 108 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.08.16 109 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.08.23 110 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 3.08.55 111 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.11.28 112 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 3.12.21 113 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.20.11 114 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.21.58 115 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.22.15 116 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 117 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 3.22.22 118 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.22.42 119 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.22.49 120 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.26.38 121 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 3.29.00 122 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 3.37.22 123 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.40.10 124 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.44.41 125 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 3.49.05 126 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.54.31 127 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.58.15 128 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.09.27 Points classification 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 149 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 132 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 128 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 108 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 105 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 98 7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 89 8 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 9 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 74 10 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 66 11 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 12 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 58 13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 56 14 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 52 15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 50 16 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 17 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 39 18 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 38 19 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 35 20 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 35 21 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 34 22 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 33 23 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 32 24 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 29 25 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 28 Mountains classification 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 200 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 166 3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 110 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 72 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 65 6 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 65 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 63 8 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 52 9 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 49 10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 43 11 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 12 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 13 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 41 14 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 41 15 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 36 16 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 35 17 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 34 18 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 19 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 34 20 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 27 21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 26 22 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 26 23 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 24 24 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 23 25 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 21 Combination classification 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 9 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 18 6 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 32 7 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 8 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 41 9 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 46 10 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 47 11 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 49 12 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50 13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 52 14 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 52 15 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 54 16 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 55 17 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 60 18 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 62 19 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 63 20 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 70 21 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 72 22 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 88 23 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 91 24 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 105 25 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 105 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana 234.03.11 2 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 53.00 3 Team CSC 1.00.56 4 Davitamon - Lotto 1.13.09 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.14.42 6 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 1.15.06 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.16.10 8 T- Mobile Team 1.53.41 9 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.03.30 10 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.06.59 11 Relax Fuenlabrada 2.19.26 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.40.26 13 Lampre - Caffita 3.13.35 14 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.19.29 15 Rabobank 3.53.24 16 Credit Agricole 4.25.27 17 Bouygues Telecom 5.24.30 18 Fassa Bortolo 5.25.29 19 Liquigas - Bianchi 5.44.50 20 Team Gerolsteiner 5.59.31 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 8.17.12 22 Domina Vacanze 8.30.52
